Chinese missile strikes in Taiwan Strait raises tensions
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In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a projectile is launched from an unspecified location in China during long-range live-fire drills by the army of the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, Thursday, Aug. 4. China conducted "precision missile strikes" Thursday in waters off Taiwan's coasts as part of military exercises that have raised tensions in the region to their highest level in decades following a visit by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.2/14
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In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a projectile is launched at an unspecified location in China during long-range live-fire drills by the rocket force of the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army targeting maritime areas east of Taiwan, Thursday, Aug. 4.3/14
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In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, air force and naval aviation corps of the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) fly planes at an unspecified location in China, Thursday, Aug. 4.4/14
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In this image made from video and released by China's Xinhua News Agency, the air force and naval aviation corps of the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) conducts aerial refueling at an unspecified location in China, Thursday, Aug. 4.5/14
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In this image taken from video footage run by China's CCTV, a projectile is launched from an unspecified location in China, Thursday, Aug. 4.6/14
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Taiwan military vessels are seen in Keelung Harbor in Taiwan, Thursday, Aug. 4. Taiwan has put its military on alert and staged civil defense drills.7/14
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In this image taken from video footage run by China's CCTV, a projectile is launched from an unspecified location in China, Thursday, Aug. 4.8/14
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Lu Chuan-hsiong, center, swims along the coast near Keelung in Taiwan, Thursday, Aug. 4. Lu, 63, who was enjoying his morning swim, says he wasn't worried about the recent China and Taiwan tensions. "Because Taiwanese and Chinese, we're all one family. There's a lot of mainlanders here, too," he said.9/14
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In this image taken from video footage run by China's CCTV, a projectile is launched from an unspecified location in China, Thursday, Aug. 4.10/14
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In this image taken from video footage run by China's CCTV, a projectile is launched from an unspecified location in China, Thursday, Aug. 4.11/14
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A customer and a staff member watch a news report on the recent tensions between China and Taiwan, at a beauty salon in Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday, Aug. 4. Taiwan canceled airline flights Thursday as the Chinese navy fired artillery near the island in retaliation for a top American lawmaker’s visit.12/14
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In this image taken from video footage run by China's CCTV, a projectile is launched from an unspecified location in China, Thursday, Aug. 4.13/14
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Fishing boat owner Chou Ting-tai, looks out from his boat at the Badouzi fishing port in Keelung, Taiwan Thursday, Aug. 4.14/14
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Fishing boat owner Chou Ting-tai, speaking to crew member while off-loading fishery products at Badouzi fishing port on Thursday in Keelung, Taiwan Thursday, Aug. 4.
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